INDUSTRY EXPERT ARTICLES

Enhancing Patient Safety with Hospital at Home Initiatives: Proactive Strategies for Fall Prevention | By Amy Hester, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN, chairwoman and CEO, HD Nursing

July 5, 2024

Hester writes, “Patient safety is a fundamental priority in healthcare and fall prevention is a critical component in achieving this goal. Hospital at Home (HaH) initiatives, which bring hospital-level care to patients’ homes, offer innovative solutions to improve patient safety, reduce costs and decrease unnecessary hospital stays.”

The LM Scaffold System™ | An Evolution in Tracheobronchomalacia Treatment | By Richard Lazzaro, MD, Co-Founder of Lazzaro Medical and Southern Region Chief of Thoracic Surgery for RWJBarnabas Health

June 25, 2024

Dr. Richard Lazzaro recognized that there was an opportunity to create a less invasive option to treat tracheobronchomalacia (TBM) and improve the quality of life for millions of patients; in 2013, he pioneered robotically assisted, minimally invasive tracheal repair (MITR™). He later co-founded Lazzaro Medical to develop the LM Scaffold System™ which is set to further improve the treatment of Tracheobronchomalacia (TBM) by offering a minimally invasive, robotically-assisted approach that also ensures precision, safety, and effectiveness. With the recent $2.4 million Direct to Phase II SBIR grant from the NIH, Lazzaro Medical is poised to evolve TBM treatment, providing patients with a solution that addresses the root cause of their symptoms and help improve patient outcomes.

5 Cardiovascular SaMD Cleared in 2023 | By Randy Horton, Chief Solutions Officer, Orthogonal

June 19, 2024

Mr. Horton advises this article takes a quick look at five interesting SaMD from the Cardiovascular panel that were cleared by the FDA in 2023. The common thread among these recently cleared SaMD is a focus on remotely monitoring patients and alerting them or their clinicians when irregular heart rhythms or dangerous heart events occur.

How Applied Research is Transforming Medical Device Startups | By Hannah Eherenfeldt, Co-founder & CEO of ReSuture

June 13, 2024

Medical device startups face numerous barriers when trying to penetrate the crowded startup landscape. Fundraising is highly competitive, and many products fail to reach the market due to insufficient funding for research, validation, and testing. The applied research model provides a solution.This industry expert notes this is where the applied research model comes in.

Commercial Success In Global Expansion | Why Compliance and Regulation Don’t Have to Be So Hard | By Phyllis Meng, co-founder and CEO of Pure Global

June 6, 2024

Do compliance and regulation have to be so challenging? Our expert shares their views.

How AI Will Tranform Conducting Medical & Pharmaceutical Inventory | By Chris Green, CEO & Managing Partner of Meridian Inventory Services

May 24, 2024

Chris Green writes, “I am often asked how AI will transform conducting medical and pharmaceutical inventory. Some have asked me will it replace human workers? Will everything be automated? Is it more efficient than using human workers?”

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